Ask HN: What are the best tornado resistant home technologies?

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by Egregore • 13 years ago

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Also what of those technologies are echo friendlier and easier to insulate?

claudius2• 13 years ago

Avoiding places with tornadoes in the first place is likely the best long-term solution.

ghshephard2• 13 years ago

This would be a useful reference: http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2011/05/01/weekinreview/0...

claudius2• 13 years ago

It is also useful to take into account that it is relatively easy to protect against earthquakes (cf. Japan) and floods, provided that money is less of a concern, whereas hurricanes and tornadoes are somewhat more problematic.

Or put another way: To protect against wind meaningful you have to protect the whole surface area of a building and every high-voltage electricity line etc. etc. To protect against floods, you ‘only’ have to build reasonable dams (easy) and to protect against earthquakes, you have to build reasonable houses (less easy, but doable).

Egregore2• 13 years ago

Earthquake and hurricane overall affect wider areas than tornadoes, there are old, more than 100 years, buildings in tornado affected areas.

eip• 13 years ago

http://www.monolithic.com/

Ask HN: What are the best tornado resistant home technologies?

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